| Author | Message | ||
     Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
To talk about horror fiction for a moment, has anyone ever read W.H. Pugmire's Lovecraftion fiction? I'm currently reading "The Fungal Stain & Other Dreams" and it's marvellous fun. The man's work has a very offbeat approach, punk sensibilities, and a wicked sense of glee. Highly recommended. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.194.249 |
I haven't read anything by him yet, Gary, but I've been meaning to pick up one of his collections, as he comes across (online, at alt.horror-cthulhu) as a nice fellow and genuinely passionate about Lovecraft. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
I think you'd like his work, Huw. | ||
| Martin Roberts (Martin_roberts) Username: Martin_roberts Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.5.239.91 |
Yay - that means I have two more books on 'Godzilla' the TBR! Tales of Love a Death & Sesqua Valley & Other Haunts... both form Delirium books. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
I'm sure I've read some of his stories in the Robert Price Fedogan & Bremer anthos and they were pretty good | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.227.90.149 |
I like Willum but his narrow fixation on Lovecraft frustrates me. We all have the right to choose our own fields in which to play -- and he's been fairly successful there so who am I to judge? -- but nevertheless I'd like to see him on grass he planted himself. He and I discussed this elsewhere and he's resolute. If it brings him joy and success, I suppose there's no sense in arguing. If it ain't broke and all that... | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
Well, I've just finished the collection and it's rather brilliant. Have you read much of his stiff, Simon? because I think he takes the basic tropes Lovecraft created and does a hell of a lot with them. There's a freshness and vitality, and sense of invention, to his work that a lot of the other Lovecraftian stuff I've read doesn't have. I can only think of Laird Baron as another example of a Lovecraftian writer who so resolutely stamps his own identity onto the sub genre. I highly recommend this book. | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.227.90.149 |
Oh, I don't contest his brilliance. Rather, his insistence on setting up fences for himself. Nothing in my talks with Laird suggests he does this. But, as I said: who am I to judge? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
Ah, but fences are movable, are they not? Some boundaries exist only to be crossed. | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.227.90.149 |
Only if there's a desire to cross them, friend. Only if there's desire. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.203.130.147 |
Have you read much of his stiff, Simon?  | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
Ahem. Fat fingers, tiny keys. | ||
| Simon Strantzas (Nomis) Username: Nomis Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 99.227.90.149 |
You weren't complaining about the size of my keys when you had your fat fingers on them last night. Hurmph! |